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AUSTIN — Here is the weekly fishing report as compiled by the Texas Parks & Wildlife Department for Dec. 12. Full statewide report available at txfishing.com.

Freshwater

AMISTAD: Water clear; 71-75 degrees; 34.31 feet low. Black bass are good on soft plastics in 18-25 feet. Striped bass are good on jigging spoons under birds in 40-60 feet. White bass are good on jigging spoons under birds in 40-60 feet. Catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch in 18-30 feet. Yellow catfish are good on trotlines baited with live perch. Everyone in a boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

BASTROP: Water lightly stained; 71-75 degrees. Black bass are good on chartreuse and chartreuse/white soft plastics, spinnerbaits, and crankbaits. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are fair on stinkbait, chicken livers, and nightcrawlers. Yellow catfish are slow.

BELTON: Water clear; 68-72 degrees; 6.21 feet low. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are good on slabs with bucktails. Crappie are excellent on minnows and blue tube jigs. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

BRAUNIG: Water clear. Black bass are slow. Striped bass are fair on live shad and silver jigging spoons. Redfish are slow. Channel catfish are good on liver, frozen shrimp, and cut shad. Blue catfish are good on cut bait and shad.

CALAVERAS: Water clear. Black bass are fair on small crankbaits. Striped bass are fair on live shad. Redfish are fair on live perch and shad in 15-30 feet. Channel and blue catfish are good on liver, frozen shrimp, and nightcrawlers. Yellow catfish are slow.

CANYON LAKE: Water lightly stained; 68-72 degrees; 8.53 feet low. Black bass are good on green pumpkin Whacky Sticks on jigheads and Texas rigged blue flake Scoundrel worms on shaky head jigs along bluffs inside secondary points. Striped bass are good on Spoiler Shads, Pirk Minnows, and Red Fins in the lower end of the lake. Smallmouth bass are fair on smoke/red flake tubes, tomato red curl tail grubs on jigheads, and pumpkin Curb’s jigs along ledges and over rock piles in 10-20 feet. Crappie are fair on minnows upriver. Channel catfish are slow. Yellow and blue catfish are fair on live bait.

CHOKE CANYON: Water clear; 72-76 degrees; 16.67 feet low. Black bass are good on chartreuse and pumpkinseed soft plastic worms and Rat-L-Traps over grass. White bass are good on minnows and Tiny Traps. Crappie are fair on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are good on shrimp and stinkbait. Yellow catfish are fair on live perch.

FALCON: Water murky; 73-77 degrees; 34.68 feet low. Black bass are fair on football jigs, large soft plastic worms, and 7-inch Carolina rigged Senkos. Striped bass are slow. Crappie are slow. Channel and blue catfish are excellent on cut bait and doughbait. Yellow catfish are slow. Everyone in a boat must have a Mexico fishing license (if fishing the Mexico side) whether fishing or not.

GRANGER: Water stained; 68-72 degrees; 1.15 feet low. Black bass are slow. White bass are fair on shad upriver. Crappie are slow. Blue catfish are good on prepared baits, and on juglines baited with cut bait and Zote soap. Yellow catfish are fair on trotlines baited with live perch.

LBJ: Water clear; 68-72 degrees; 0.27 feet low. Black bass are good on watermelon spinnerbaits, Bleeding Shad Rat-L-Traps, and wacky rigged green pumpkin Whacky Sticks off points. Striped bass are fair on silver striper jigs. White bass are fair vertically jigging Pirk Minnows under birds. Crappie are good on Curb’s crappie jigs and live minnows over brush piles in 12-18 feet. Channel catfish are fair on minnows under docks. Yellow and blue catfish are good on trotlines baited with live bait.

TRAVIS: Water clear; 68-72 degrees; 49.19 feet low. Black bass are good on watermelon soft plastic worms, crankbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows and Li’l Fishies. Crappie are good on minnows. Channel and blue catfish are slow. Yellow catfish are slow.

WALTER E. LONG: Water lightly stained. Black bass are slow. Hybrid striper are slow. White bass are slow. Crappie are good on minnows, and on red/white and chartreuse jigs. Channel and blue catfish are fair on minnows and frozen shad. Yellow catfish are slow.

WHITNEY: Water lightly stained; 67-71 degrees; 8.89 feet low. Black bass are fair on green pumpkin and tequila sunrise spinnerbaits, crankbaits, and Rat-L-Traps. Striped bass are slow. White bass are fair on minnows. Crappie are good on minnows and chartreuse tube jigs. Catfish are good on shrimp, nightcrawlers, and stinkbait.

Saltwater (north to south)

BOLIVAR: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on soft plastics and plugs. Black drum and redfish are good at Rollover Pass.

TRINITY BAY: Trout are good for drifters working pods of shad and mullet on Bass Assassins, Trout Killers and Sand Eels. Redfish are good at the spillway on crabs and mullet.

EAST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good on the south shoreline on topwaters and soft plastics. Whiting and sand trout are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on fresh shrimp.

WEST GALVESTON BAY: Trout are fair to good on the mud and shell on MirrOlures and Corkies. Sheepshead, redfish and black drum are good at the jetty on shrimp and crabs.

TEXAS CITY: Gulf trout are good in the channel on fresh shrimp and plastics. Redfish are good in Moses Lake on mullet and shrimp.

FREEPORT: Sand trout and sheepshead are good on live shrimp on the reefs. Bull redfish are good in Cold Pass and San Luis pass on cracked blue crabs.

EAST MATAGORDA BAY: Trout are good for drifters on roach Bass Assassins over humps and scattered shell. Large Gulf trout have been mixed with trout. Redfish are good on the edge of the Intracoastal on crabs and mullet.

WEST MATAGORDA BAY: Redfish are fair to good on the south shoreline in the guts and bayous. Trout are fair on grass beds on soft plastics. Flounder are fair to good on soft plastics over muddy bottoms.

PORT O’CONNOR: Trout and redfish are fair on Corkies over soft mud in waist-deep water in San Antonio Bay. Trout and redfish are fair for drifters working the back lakes with live shrimp and topwaters. Redfish are good at the mouths of drains.

ROCKPORT: Redfish are fair to good at California Hole on shrimp. Trout are fair on the edge of the ICW on glow DOA Shrimp. Redfish are fair to good on the Estes Flats on mullet and shrimp.

PORT ARANSAS: Redfish are fair to good on the East Flats on Gulps and mullet. Sand trout are good on shrimp in the channel.

CORPUS CHRISTI: Redfish are fair to good around Shamrock Cove on small topwaters and spoons. Redfish are good in the Humble Channel on crabs and table shrimp. Trout are fair along the edge of the flats on live shrimp and DOA Shrimp.

BAFFIN BAY: Trout are fair to good in mud and grass on Corkies and Catch 2000s. Trout are good at night in the Land Cut on glow plastics. Redfish are good in the Land Cut on natural baits.

PORT MANSFIELD: Trout are fair to good on DOA Shrimp under a popping cork around grass holes. Redfish are fair to good while drifting pot holes.

SOUTH PADRE: Trout and redfish are fair to good on the edge of the Intracoastal on DOA Shrimp and Gulps. Redfish, black drum and mangrove snapper are fair to good in the channel on shrimp.

PORT ISABEL: Trout are fair on the edge of the flats on soft plastics and Gulps under popping corks. Redfish are good in the potholes on gold spoons and Gulps.

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